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According to data III J/1 vs M5 Stuart is pretty balanced
When both the Stuart and Pz III J were announced in development I always thought they would be each other equivalent which my data shows just this. When the PZ IVF appear the III started to play a role as a support and reconnaissance tank about the same time the Sherman medium tank and Stuart Light tank started appearing in Africa.
By the time IVF/G/H+ III J/1/L/M vs M4/A2/A3 Sherman + M3/M5/A1 Stuart were finding themselves in the battlefield both the PZ III and Stuart were being used in the same roles, it would be more historical correct to pitch the IIIL vs M5A1 tank but that would be a bigger advantaged comparable to that of the current Sherman vs III J but if you put the IIIJ/1 vs Stuart it's actually pretty balanced, I made a table comparing each stat of each tank:
I use the M5 Stuart contrary to the M5A1 Stuart just because of the production date and numbers produce were more similar, the M5A1 Stuart would simply carry more lmg ammunition and be cosmetically different on it's turret but otherwise it's equal to the M5.
You can see that in terms of penetration both tanks are pretty close to each other and as in real life the measure penetrations would often vary and in other games with ballistic and penetration systems often a 3mm-5mm +/- is randomized which make both the 50mm and 37mm more similar.
The main difference of both guns is that the Pzgr 39 contains high explosive that explodes after penetration since this game only takes in account penetration it would not make any difference, otherwise the Stuart would be more faster and agile, with better camouflage and smaller profile while III J/1 would be almost 50% slower has a slightly better gun, slightly better armor despite not being much of use since it will see it penetrated at 100m from the M5 Stuart and the standard III J/1 had grey paint despite this could be changed later on with payed cosmetics.
I would also ask that both the Stuart and Panzer III J/1 are set as Light Tank Assault Teams and the Panzer IV H enters as a Medium Tank Assault Team, additionally numbers produced, speed and fuel consumption could be mimic in the campaign map game with increase resupply timer/costs or faster movement.
Data is from tarrif.net:
http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production/al ... iclesX=206
http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production/al ... hiclesX=56
Wouldn't this be a fair match in Heroes and Generals and more fair than that of the PZ I vs Stuart or the IIIJ vs Sherman? tell me if you agree or not and why so